The Airbus A380 jet made its commercial debut at Miami International Airport today when Lufthansa began using it on its Frankfurt to Miami route, replacing a smaller Boeing 747.

Lufthansa A380 landing at MIA, Courtesy of Reuters

The A380 offers a two-deck passenger cabin and 526 seats, including 98 in business and eight in first class.

South Floridians were able to see the plane when it landed June 10 at 1:40 p.m. from vantage points along Perimeter Road near the Miami airport, including the 94th Aero Squadron restaurant at 1395 NW 57th Ave.

The airport also offered live streaming of the landing at miami-airport.com and on jumbo television screens in the South Terminal at Concourse J’s International Greeter’s Lobby, on the third level.

The A380 made its maiden commercial flight in October 2007 and since then has been ordered by a handful of foreign airlines, including Lufthansa and Air France.